Chapter 443: Fourth Barrier

"I feel that even if she doesn't have support abilities, she's still very cute." Biaoqiang said to Qin Ge with a delighted look, her eyes constantly fixed on the Pondiao on his shoulder.

"Hehe, indeed she's very cute." Banrenma said to Qin Ge, "Commander, may I touch her?"

Qin Ge smiled, turned his shoulder toward Banrenma, and said, "Go ahead and pet her."

At this moment, several destroyers hurried over, reaching out to hug the Pondiao. However, the Pondiao seemed somewhat afraid of their actions, and in an instant quickly darted from Qin Ge's this shoulder to the other shoulder.

It also stood upright, vigilantly staring at them, as if ready to flee at any moment.

"Huh, how did she run away?" Seeing the Pondiao's reaction, the destroyers all felt disappointed, and hurriedly said to Qin Ge.

Qin Ge couldn't help but smile, then reached out his right hand and stroked the Pondiao's fur, saying, "They're all my shipgirls; they won't hurt you, so feel free to play with them."

Perhaps understanding Qin Ge's words, the Pondiao nodded, then darted back from Qin Ge's other shoulder to its original shoulder, and then stood upright, looking at Biaoqiang and the others.

"Wow, Commander is amazing!" Biaoqiang and the others exclaimed in surprise, then reached out to hug the Pondiao.

This time the Pondiao didn't run away, though it still looked somewhat wary. Until Biaoqiang held the Pondiao in her arms and slowly stroked its fur, the Pondiao's expression then softened.

Seeing this scene, all the other shipgirls also gathered around, including the usually shy unicorn, which this time was also very enthusiastic.

Guanghui, standing nearby, walked to Qin Ge's side, looking at this slightly warm scene, and smiled, saying, "Commander, I recall Lisailiu really likes cats, right? Perhaps she'll come to you later like these destroyers, asking about the Pondiao."

Qin Ge thought for a moment; indeed, Lisailiu prefers cats. The last time they were at the Commander Academy, when she went out with Qin Ge, she saw someone selling small cats and dogs there.

She then asked Qin Ge to buy her a small cat, which was the first time Lisailiu had asked Qin Ge to help her buy something.

Qin Ge smiled, "Indeed, I believe that once we return, this little guy will definitely be very popular. However, she is a Royal command cat; I don't know if she'll help the other shipgirls increase their strength."

Guanghui smiled, "The key is that all the shipgirls here are Royal; when we go back, we can just try it out and see."

Qin Ge nodded, "That's right."

Thus everyone chatted for a while, after eating the meal prepared by Belfast, they all went to rest. Because the next is the fourth barrier; I really don't know what tricks those Sirens will prepare.

Ten hours passed very quickly; once everyone had rested, they began to face the fourth barrier.

Meanwhile, Qin Ge and the Pondiao stayed together on the command ship, watching the shipgirls one by one glide onto the water surface, formally deploying the formation.

Soon, the sea fog hovering over the surface gradually dissipated. Qin Ge and they also began the fourth barrier, but this time it was strange that the radar showed no enemy contacts.

Consequently, this situation aroused doubts among all the shipgirls, and even Qin Ge wondered why this was happening—could it be that the Sirens aren't preparing to conduct the barrier?

However, to ensure safety, Qin Ge still had all the shipgirls form a ring formation around the command ship and dispatched carrier aircraft to scout the surrounding sea area.

As time passed second by second, the launched carrier aircraft had already completed exploration within a radius of several nautical miles, yet they saw no trace of enemy warships.

Even Qin Ge had several destroyers activate their sonar systems, worrying that the fourth barrier might be an attack fleet composed of submarines.

Yet, accompanied by the sonar search, no suspicious spots were found, and everyone grew increasingly puzzled.

Just as everyone was puzzled, a bewitching voice sounded: "Hehe, when your commander falls into crisis, what will you do, shipgirls? The fourth barrier officially begins!"

As that bewitching voice began to fade, everyone couldn't help but startle. In that moment of stunned silence, Qin Ge saw the radar instantly fill with red targets.

He looked up and, to his surprise, saw a Siren mass-produced battleship appear less than one kilometer away. That battleship was swinging its massive turrets, turning toward his command ship.

Beside that battleship, there were groups of Siren mass-produced warships. Their gun barrels had already lit up, obviously charging up for the final strike.

"Protect the commander, break through quickly!" This situation not only left Qin Ge stunned in place, but also caused the shipgirls surrounding the command ship to react instantly.

Now no one is thinking about where these fleets came from; however, they have appeared, and their gun barrels are pointed at the command ship.

"Boom boom boom!"

The two sides on the sea surface almost simultaneously opened fire; the enormous gunfire left Qin Ge deafening. But astonishingly, the shells fired toward the command ship were all blocked by a pale yellow light shield outside.

But even though the shells were blocked, the strong shockwave still transmitted, causing Qin Ge to sway uncontrollably inside the command ship. Even the Pondiao clinging to his shoulder tightly grasped his clothes, fearful of being shaken off.

"No good, my shield can only block one more round of gunfire. Everyone, pay attention, aim in one direction, we'll break out!" Guanghui's voice came through the communication device.

And Qin Ge, in that instant, understood that the pale yellow shield outside came from Guanghui's special skill. But obviously, even though Guanghui had reached Awakening, facing such a barrage of ship cannons, her shield couldn't possibly last long.

This is Qin Ge suppressing his inner fear and the dizziness from the ship's violent shaking, walking to the communicator and saying, "I'm now activating the ship, aiming at the ninety-degree direction ahead; everyone, carve out a path."

"Yes!" came the shout of all the shipgirls.

As the command ship began to start up, the ring formation composed of the shipgirls also began to move, continuously advancing forward.

Compared to the shipgirls' rate of fire, the Siren mass-produced warships' rate of fire is much slower. Thus this gave the shipgirls an opportunity to clear the Siren warships near the command ship.

But even so, the Siren warships within range also fired a second round of shells. Compared to the first neat barrage, this round became much more scattered, and as the command ship moved, many shells fell into the water.

The shells striking Guanghui's shield were relatively few, so that pale yellow shield withstood another round of bombardment. However, Qin Ge inside the command ship was not happy at all…